Writers from very different places can grapple with the same questions.
- Assistant Professor, Harvard University
He wanted to be a writer, but believes he’ll get his message across more easily through music.
The film insists that young Africans are not just passive recipients of imported technologies. They’re also active creators.
The documentary is a conversation between mother and daughter, moving between personal memory and historical reckoning.
The film suggests that building a library is not merely about a building or books; it is about dialogue and citizenship.
The project has highlighted a new generation of African poets and created a visually beautiful archive in the process.
She experiments with form while capturing the hopes and contradictions of our times.
African artists are not only present on the global stage but are shaping the languages of art itself.
English readers can now encounter African novels as they were first imagined, in the rhythms of their own languages.
Eventually, I found his famous novels in a souvenir shop in his home town that mostly sold skin-care products.
A visit to a campus bookstore reveals layers of history about Nigeria.
This was a remarkable event because it defied the tired cliché that Africans do not read.
Mbare Art Space has transformed an oppressive colonial building with a vision for the future that’s built on sustainable art practice.
Zimbabwe is named after an ancient stone city and its stone sculpture is world famous.
End of the Game sparks critical conversations on wildlife conservation and responsible tourism.
Andreé Blouin was erased from history despite her pivotal role in African independence. Today she has a book prize named after her.
Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets and their work.
A new coffee table book explores the ties that bind the work of southern Africa’s contemporary artists.
A new generation has been disrupting traditional publishing using new technologies and marketing methods.
Echoes of Southern African Independence is an audio archive project that brings history alive in a fresh and unique way.
It reads powerfully in the Shona language, and is one of two of her books newly translated into it.
Dozens of young writers were published first at Weaver Press, which believed in fiction as a way of telling the truth.
Novelist Petina Gappah’s call for translators on Facebook has resulted in the publication of Chimurenga Chemhuka.
In less than a year the newsletter has become important and influential, offering a new way of appreciating African photography.
Playing out in an animal kingdom, Glory is a devastating political commentary on Zimbabwe today.
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